Range Safety - Whirlpool RF385PXD Use And Care Manual

Range Safety
Your safety is important to us.
This guide contains safety statements under
warning symbols. Please pay special
attention to these symbols and follow any
instructions given. Here is a brief explana-
tion of the use of the symbol.
This symbol alerts you to such dangers
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock, injury to
persons, or damage when using the range, follow
basic precautions, including the following:
General
damaged or not working properly.
@Read all instructions before using
*Do not use the range for warming
the range.
or heating the room. Persons
*Install or locate the range only in
could be burned or injured, or a
accordance with the provided
fire could start.
Installation Instructions. The
@Use the range only for its intended
range must be installed by a
use as described in this manual.
qualified installer. The range
must be properly connected to
electrical supply and grounded.
.Do not touch surface units, areas
near units, heating elements, or
@WARNING: To reduce the risk of
interior surfaces of oven. Surface
tipping the appliance, the appli-
units and heating elements may
ante must be secured by a
be hot even though they are dark
in color. Areas near surface units
properly installed anti-tip bracket.
To check if the bracket is in-
and interior surfaces of an oven
stalled properly, see "The anti-tip
become hot enough to cause
bracket" on page 34.
burns. During and after use, do
@CAUTION: Do not store things
not touch or let clothing or other
flammable materials contact
children might want above the
surface units, areas near units,
range. Children could be burned
or injured while climbing on it.
heating elements, or interior
surfaces of oven until they have
.Do not leave children alone or
had sufficient time to cool. Other
unattended in area where the
surfaces of the range, such as the
range is in use. They should
oven vent opening, the surface
never be allowed to sit or stand
near the vent opening, the
on any part of the range. They
cooktop, and the oven door and
could be burned or injured.
window, could also become hot
.Do not operate the range if it is
enough to cause burns.
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